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0. P. PACKARD.

COMBINED CANE AND TORCH.

Patented Mar. 2,1897.

VK f Viiiii UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OTIS F. PACKARD, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO LEROY S.

CHURCHILL, OF SAME PLACE.

-COMBINED CANE AND TORCH.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,879, dated March 2,1897.

Application filed June 2'7, 1896.

To (LZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I', OTIS F. PACKARD, of Toledo, county of Lucas, andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in aCombined Cane and Torch; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and to use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to thefigures of reference marked thereon, which form. part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to a combined cane and torch, having for its objectto provide a device of this character which shall be of neat appearance,inexpensive of construction, light in weight, and quickly and easilyarranged either as a cane or torch.

The invention consists in a body in the form of the stick of a cane,which is hollow, thereby forming an oil-chamber, the upper end of thebody being provided with a wickholder removably secured thereto, with ahandle so constructed as to be secured to either end of the body at thetop to act as a cane-handle and to cover the wick and wickholder, andwhen secured at the lower end of the body to act as a handle for thetorch.

The invention further consists in the parts as shown, described, andclaimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a device arranged as acane. Fig. 2 is a like View of the device when arranged as a torch. Fig.3 is an enlarged view in vertical section.

1 designates the body of the device, which is in the form of the body ofa cane and hollow in cross-section, thereby providing a chamber 2.

The body 1 is closed at the lower end by the bottom 3, which is providedwith a removable plug 3, by which air is introduced previous to the useof the device as a torch to displace the oil as it is consumed, theupper end having an annular flange 4, which is screw-threaded bothinternally and eXternally, and secured to the top by screwing within theflange 4: is a wick-holder 5, which may Serial No. 597,172. (No model.)

be of any desired construction and be provided with any desired meansfor raising or lowering the wick 6, which is carried thereby, or, ifdesired, there may be no wick-adj usting device, but the same may beraised manually.

7 designates the handle, which is provided at its upper end with anydesired form of knob 8. The handle 7 is screw-threaded internally at itslower end, as at 9, and at its upper end, as at 10. Projecting below thebottom 3 is an annular projection 11, which is screw-threadedexternally.

lVhen the device is to be used as a cane, the handle 7 is arranged uponthe upper end of the body, as shown in Fig. 1, and is secured thereto byturning the same, the screw threads 9 engaging with the external threadsupon the annular projection at. The wickholder is enveloped by thehandle. Therefore the device, when used as a cane, presents a neatappearance. When used as a torch, the handle is removed from the upperend by unscrewing the same from the body and is telescoped over thelower end, being secured thereto by revolving the same, the internalthreads 10 in the handle registering and engaging with the externalthreads upon the annular projection 11 upon the base of the body.

To fill the body with oil, the wick-holder is unscrewed and slightlyraised, when the oil may be poured into the body through the orifice inthe top thereof.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a combined cane and torchwhich may be used for political campaign purposes, whichis neat inappearance, light and inexpensive of construction, and that can readilybe changed from a cane to a torch, or vice versa.

\Vhat I claim is 1. In a combined cane and torch, a hollow body, awick-holder carried thereby, and a handle removably secured to eitherend of the body, at the top to act as a cane-handle and to envelop thewick and the wick-holder, and at the bottom to act as a torch-handle.

2. In a combined cane and torch, a body having an internal chamberprovided with screw-threaded projections at each end, a

Wick-holder removably secured in the upper In testimony that I claim theforegoing as end, a hollow handle screw-threaded intermy own I herebyaffix my signature in presnally at or near each end whereby it may beeuce of two Witnesses.

secured to the upper end of the body to en- OTIS F. PACKARD. 5 velop thewick-holder, and to act as a cane- \Vitnesses:

handle or to telescope and be secured to the XVILLIAM WEBSTER,

lower end of the body to act as a torch-handle. MAUD SCHUMAOHER.

